HI,DEREK I like picbasic pro. easy to use -support is great from melabs-also there is the picbasic list which is great.-lots of examples all over the web.-supports many chips-and upgrades are only $10 there are several ide front ends for it the most popular being microcode studio by mecanique micro code studio also comes with an icd you get to see you code running on your pc and in basic. so for the support,the $$$,the ease of use,pic basicpro takes my vote. check out some of these links and you may want to look at the picbasic list archives at the melabs site and do a search on you question or ask the list. www.rentron.com www.melabs.com http://www.melabs.com/resources/index.htm http://microengineeringlabs.com/resources/cgi-bin/board-search.cgi hope this helps Victor Faria ----- Original Message ----- From: "Derek Cowburn" To: Sent: Saturday, July 27, 2002 7:35 PM Subject: [PIC] Compiler recommendations > Opinions Wanted! > > Please share your opinions on the following development tools... > > A. CCS C > B. HI-TECH C > C. PicBasic Pro > D. other > > ...with respect to... > 1. Most inclusive library of examples. > 2. Most PIC hardware support (ie hardware PWM, I2C, etc) > > My criteria for the "best" development system is the one with the most > inclusive library of examples. I find a good discussion group and BIG > libraries is the fastest way to achieve rapid development. > > Thanks! > > Derek Cowburn > dcowburn@ibtcorp.com > > -- > http://www.piclist.com hint: The list server can filter out subtopics > (like ads or off topics) for you. See http://www.piclist.com/#topics > > -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The PICList is archived three different ways. See http://www.piclist.com/#archives for details.